| 单词 | happiness |
| 例句 | There are blue, green, brown colors; all good colors; blue means happiness; green, nature; brown, earth. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Jethro would remember a sunlit field and a sense of serenity and happiness such as he had not known since early childhood. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were now full. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Was there happiness at the end, they wanted to know. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I remember watching it all and getting that tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But with every bubble of happiness that rises inside, the little voice taps me on the shoulder. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He sat there on the floor eating it, savoring the happiness that was flooding through him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They were probably afraid something crazy would happen if they left me alone in the house with all my mysterious happiness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his happiness, Charles was not well physically. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The tangy sweet pineapple fused with this easy happiness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Desperate and dirty though I was, the faint promise of happiness glimmered before me like sunlight through the ceiling of the forest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bless me in your prayers; and, Mina, pray for my happiness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There’s happiness, as I watch Connor take Mom’s hand, as she laughs at something he’s said, as Jack walks by my side. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Margie was told that it had been a good marriage, a period of happiness for her grandmother. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Well, I’d rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As I step out of bed and slip on an oversize shirt, everything around me feels like it’s the temperature of happiness. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Worse than my hunger was the lack of happiness in the house. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The happiness and convenience of so many good people would be put at risk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And what she had done was eat ywansyau filled with a kind of bitter poison, not candied seeds or the dull happiness of opium as Yan Chang and the others had thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was too exhausted from happiness to answer, so I just smiled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Crying from happiness, right there, sitting in front of the computer, reading Alicia's e-mail. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s the older, more sparkly sister, but there’s no happiness in her words when she says, “Your mum is doing her best to take care of herself. Things are hard for her right now.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Is it like all the happiness in the world gets captured for a second and then you can’t hold it in anymore so you let it out in a big burst? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He felt as if he had been transported to Fairy-land and enjoyed a happiness seldom tasted by man. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The air and the earth were filled with malignant spirits who could not endure the happiness of mortals, especially of such as are poor. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask my mother about happiness, but right now, she didn’t look like she knew. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My happiness was so overflowing that nothing could destroy it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My face feels heavy, but I try to hide it because I'm afraid if I show any happiness she'll change her mind. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Dobby let go and stepped back a few paces, beaming up at Harry, his enormous, green, tennis-ball-shaped eyes brimming with tears of happiness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This story is about how a policeman’s young family brought a few hours of happiness to an old woman. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Trying to find Minli is like trying to find the paper of happiness,” Ba said aloud to himself. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Zeno taught that the key to happiness lay in mastering the passions. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I wanted to share my happiness with my sisters but decided not to say anything about ordering the pups. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it not because of its death that he was now like a child, so full of trust and happiness, without fear? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z How could she, Elena, stand by and let someone ruin her best friend’s happiness? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even with the mask on, Chaol could see the happiness written across her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Funny, their happiness makes me feel worse, that I’m doing something wrong. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He left Kainene full of a giddy happiness and an equally dizzying sense of insecurity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z They are both intoxicated with happiness, Mother with a relaxed smile, Dad with a grin so large it pokes out from under the corners of his mustache. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mildred, leaning anxiously, nervously, as if to plunge, drop, fall into that swarming immensity of colour to drown in its bright happiness. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They came soundlessly into a palm-studded harbor, fragrant with the scent of blossoms, and happiness was like sunshine, wrapping her round and pouring into her heart till it overflowed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The happiness of causing another person’s death and pain. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I think Clay is merely teasing you, my dear. I wouldn’t think of upsetting you by doing such a thing. All I care about right now is your health and your happiness.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I fell on Celia and cried with more gratitude and happiness than I knew I was capable of feeling anymore. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was all part of his crazy feeling of happiness. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Still, I want to see the place where I remember feeling joy and happiness. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Water came down his face and dripped from his chin, and the shivers were happiness and safety. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, suddenly filled with happiness, I belt out the words I know are true with all my might: “But I know a change gonna come. Oh yes it will.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In a flash it’s airborne, then in my hand, and his face has broken into five million pieces of happiness. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For the Imuget ceremony, each new warrior selects another warrior who he feels will be a trusted friend forever, one he can confide in during times of hardship and times of happiness. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish her the kind of happiness that spills over. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Everyone had to settle for the look on Em’s face, which was happiness. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z If there is such a thing as animal happiness, then those animals were happy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I was going to take charge of my own happiness, starting now. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z You say me happiness more important than you own. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I could feel myself pulling away, retreating inward, wanting to save him and myself by sacrificing this newfound happiness, and I knew he felt it happening. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He’s still a child, emotionally no older than I am; all he wants is happiness and peace of mind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This is why we have happiness in abundance. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I’d like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train- car constructions like, say, “the happiness that attends disaster.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The exhaustion from the long night of worry had made her feel heavy and clumsy, but the children’s happiness seemed to carry her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z And the women who had thought they wanted dresses never realized that what they had wanted was happiness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s only soon after that I understand exactly why my first instinct is to begrudge her this happiness. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z This was such a shock that again I woke up, trembling with happiness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched his great red happiness, and it was not light as Samuel’s happiness was light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z What most chipped away at their happiness, however, was the way the conflict with the NSA affected William’s health. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His brother “wasn’t granted a lavish share of happiness,” he tells Jo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They had made a leap to marry even though they had one big difference between them that could stand in the way of their happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Whisperer’s version of happiness is an illusion—it doesn’t take away your fears, it only lies to you about them, makes you temporarily believe you don’t have them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “All a parent really wants from his child is her happiness. So if you’re happy, Toby will be, too.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then, oh happiness, she saw her mother give Spoon Man ten pennies for that purple glass bracelet, which Mama then quickly tucked into her apron pocket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When I unwrapped it, I jumped up and hugged her, but immediately held back my happiness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and felt the hardness and the happiness of my neighbor shivering through me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness—and love. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They contained no shred of humor, no happiness, no mirth. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I hear his muffled laugh through the flashlight and it shoots me dead with happiness. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The bubble of happiness I had for this lunch pops like bubbles do. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Very good advice. You go now. Always be ready for happiness. Goodbye.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Some state officials expressed happiness and excitement that an execution had taken place, but I knew that none of them had actually dealt with the details of killing Herbert. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was manufacturing happiness as cleverly as he knew how, molding it and shaping it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping is forbidden among human beans?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But this time he fit right in and felt the happiness that pervaded the memory. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Our last child, conceived in happiness at a time when the river of our lives ran gently, had been taken from us; I knew too well what he felt. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I’ve ever known what you people call happiness. We think of contentment as the desirable thing, and maybe that’s negative.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But she could not help it—their eternal life together, as well as his current happiness—depended on it. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know that you’re pure within and will find happiness once more. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But the happiness has fled, leaving an all-too-familiar strain in its place. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She caught Nicole’s eye and they both looked away quickly, as if neither one wanted to ruin the happiness of this rescue with some distant, probably unfounded fear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Down long ages the beautiful old Abbey had stood for happiness, peace and refuge to all. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z So much happiness can only make me sad. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Pinmei began to weep again, but this time the tears were ones of happiness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After a little silence, “Sometimes,” he added, “I rather regret the science. Happiness is a hard master—particularly other people’s happiness. A much harder master, if one isn’t conditioned to accept it unquestioningly, than truth.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, as June practically glowed next to her, Ivy’s stomach fluttered with happiness. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They were so full of happiness, and Dreamer’s Weep was colored by it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But happiness had been ripped from their lives. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it goes, I will follow it He was aware of a great happiness mounting within him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was done, Mother had announced, “Shirley, it is time you knew. I am with expectant happiness.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z His mouth is open wide in a grin and he’s shaking slightly, but no sound comes out: his Belly-Laugh smile, the gauge of his greatest point of happiness. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I search her face for any trace of happiness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse—the cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory! Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s so hard to explain. I hope you won’t insist on knowing. The happiness of someone very near and dear to me is involved. Please don’t ask me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What did you think happiness would be like?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Even Poor Old Ras, as Charles called his brother, expressed his excitement and his vicarious happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her happiness at being able to return a small favor is obvious. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We had to play with seriousness and think of nothing else but adding to our happiness through winning. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there could be a ceremony whereby someone like her was taken into the family; just thinking of it made her prickle with happiness. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z With plaques drilled into them, from the days of the American Revolution, the one promising freedom and the right to pursue happiness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Father wouldn’t concern himself with my happiness, only with his own. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s like all the excitement and happiness drained out of her in that moment of good posture. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Of course,” Dragon said to her, grinning with happiness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I notice he happily waves preemptively at the woman “gardening,” and she flails her arms back at the happiness of it all. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Their golden color made them look as though they were full of sunshine and happiness. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When I looked up from the map and into the eyes of Sergeant Austin, happiness overwhelmed me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For happiness and love and, if you can’t pray for sex outright, the possibility of children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Learning is the greatest form of happiness known to man. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded my happiness and waited for my reward of a small, warm bowl. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z In his hand, he carries the leftovers wrapped in his kromar and my stomach lurches with happiness in anticipation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d been thrilled to hear me so happy—happiness being her currency. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Angel got home late in the afternoon, humming with excitement and happiness. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, they could find happiness, in the most unexpected places. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Her pale, bloated face wore an expression of imbecile happiness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m blessed with many things: happiness, a cheerful disposition and strength. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He smiles, an instant happiness washing over him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I could sense the happiness of couples holding first babies and the fortitude of Catholics accepting their ninth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I never knew how two little words could bring me so much happiness. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing in her mind beyond an overwhelming wild happiness. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z You can already feel it, can’t you, in all this happiness, that some horrible darkness perched outside the houses watching Aziz. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When Martin appeared, introduced by one of her cousins who worked at the shipping company, she had tired of the gossip and long relinquished an interest in happiness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Seeing them, all that easy happiness, made me feel mixed up inside. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But my mouth watered at the thought of biting into it, enjoying the second of happiness it would give me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Ma and Pa have suggested it, not knowing, of course, that spending time there was not all happiness for Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Win greater happiness with whiter complexion. Be outstanding in your social set." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When the flight ended, and the spacecraft plopped into the Pacific Ocean, I felt both great happiness and sadness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I will not stand in front of your happiness. I will not even stand in front of misery that you choose for yourself.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It sounds weird, but they are delicious: tiny pouches of sweet, tart happiness. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In the darkness their feet felt that they were going downhill, and each privately and perversely accused the other of taking, deliberately, a path they had followed together once before in happiness. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Kamal says I have to find a way of making myself happy, I have to stop looking for happiness elsewhere. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Contrary to Rousseau, such amalgamations never occur by a process of unthreatened little societies freely deciding to merge, in order to promote the happiness of their citizens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ma was still crying with happiness, the goats bleated, chickens crowed and clucked, and neighbors began gathering to share the joy. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She and Gold began dating, and Gold became more and more convinced that this was his shot at happiness. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the train took him to places far away from his small slice of happiness, and the world he saw was full of pain and sorrow. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get over how happy I was, crying genuine tears of actual happiness for the first time in maybe forever, imagining my mom as a Patrick. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z In Lydia’s imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised every possibility of earthly happiness. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She loved his happiness, his little head, his determined heart, his nutty breath. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She knew her husband’s income, and she loved to feel that he trusted her, not only with his happiness, but what some men seem to value more—his money. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Money is the most important thing in the world, you know. Money can buy you happiness, and I don’t care what anyone else thinks. It’ll buy you relief, status, friends, safety ... all sorts of things.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Major Major found true happiness there on the lopsided basketball court with the officers and enlisted men who were almost his friends. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “And I accept it,” Orestes said, “with a happiness words cannot utter.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z An American is supposed to have life, liberty, prosperity, and happiness. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the importance and happiness of the wonder of this planet has been brainwashed out of them. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As I step over the threshold, I feel I am entitled to happiness, even if my best friend is acting weird and making me paranoid. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Papa said rich people could get whatever they wanted, except happiness and living forever. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that he couldn't remember the last time he felt happiness. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The woman fairly glowed with a kind of happiness, like she was sunshine. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I eat the last anpan like it’s still the first one—it tastes like happiness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I'm trying to stay here with her in her happiness. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Dimple managed a half smile then, thinking, It’s a nice sentiment., but happiness is way too tall an order. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I could feel her smile and her happiness. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “To my new daughter—may you have long life and happiness.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That the choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Then they went back to some other rocks and watched the family in all its happiness. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “Don’t live to please the starfish, especially when their happiness is at the expense of yours. That is not love. That is narcissism. There’s an entire ocean out there, Kiko—swim in it.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I hope so. He brings happiness wherever he goes. He’s pure alegría.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Is it not our happiness thus to view the matter? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered the almost mystical attachment that the Xhosa have for cattle, not only as a source of food and wealth, but as a blessing from God and a source of happiness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Over and over he repeated those words, and in the morning when he woke with a feeling of happiness and wondered at the cause of it, he would remember—Shad was going to live! Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Other tributaries swelled his happiness; he still derived satisfaction from the thought of his first—the best in his year he was told. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The year of their happiness ended with Arthur's return—and almost immediately collapsed in ruin, but not on account of the King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Leibowitz says the world never saw such eyes, such a smile, such happiness. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The grown-ups in my family all seem to be going berserk with happiness. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I now know that courage and happiness are needed first! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But he loved him and preferred the sorrow and trouble of his love rather than happiness and pleasure without the boy. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I also really wish the best for you and Anastasia on your wedding as well. I think all of us deserve a little happiness.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Over the years, I had never considered their happiness. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Oh, Lucy, Lucy, I cannot be angry with you, nor can I be angry with my friend whose happiness is yours; but I must only wait on hopeless and work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Ear, Eye and Arm listened until they were so filled with happiness, not another kind word could slip in. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long before the sight of me inspired as much happiness as a carrot. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They contained the hidden days of my innocence and happiness. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z This is how the white man can say, “They live like dogs,” never realizing why they must, to save themselves, shout, get drunk, shake the hip, pour pleasures into bellies deprived of happiness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, I awoke, my happiness draining away. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z While Mrs. Grossinger tried to breathe life back into Maxine’s body, while the sun set melodramatically over a death that wasn’t in the script, I felt a wave of pure happiness surge through my body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The stars blurred as I twirled faster and faster, gazing upward as I spun, and they smiled back down at me in happiness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The momentary happiness that had flared inside him at the sight of the owl had died. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He writes with congratulations to Theo—wishing “you and your wife lots of happiness”—and tells him he wants to move to Saint-Remy-de-Provence, a town not too far from Arles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I think of the new life we’ll have—a life of peace and happiness on the far side of the barbed wire fence, away from everything that is happening in Syria. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I ran over to them and just let their happiness wash over me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “It seemed to me that I never had so much happiness crowded into one short month.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z That is their happiness: they see all life without observing it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z My throat, my heart, my belly—they all burned with happiness, and probably relief, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He says the object of deliberative rhetoric, for instance, is “happiness”—and he therefore sets out to establish what constitutes the good. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “So, I think Minli, like the secret word and the paper of happiness,” Ba said, “is not meant to be found.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Not as much happiness to be asked, and not nearly as much anger to be asked so late and for so little. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you remember at the start of summer, you told me that I should go after my own happiness?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But I drank in her happiness when I was here. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Some of the processions were accompanied by music and dancing, for in the midst of the sorrow there was happiness that the death had taken place in Varanasi. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z For the first time that day I felt a little happiness. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She praised Hitler and his Nazi regime, to his surprise, and spoke persuasively about the improved living conditions and happiness of the German people. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And for an instant, I wondered if maybe La Llorona was right and this journey was our destiny, our path to true happiness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Course you do. You gotta make a deal with yourself to not do that. You’ve got to put your arm around happiness and invite it inside.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It felt so good to do this that sometimes it made me want to shout with happiness. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Born into this world of sorrow; born for suffering and hardship. Ai, there’ll be a little happiness, but more of hard work. Ai, ai.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of these long discussions, our faces and eyes glittered with hope and the promise of happiness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Hannibal the elephant trumpeted with happiness, but Frank couldn’t afford to watch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Have we had to struggle so hard for our right to happiness that we have all but destroyed the conditions under which we and others can still be happy? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z How it seems to dangle within easy reach of everyone the fulfilment of happiness! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Of their happiness. Seeing other people’s happiness always makes us feel cheated.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And now she was very conscious that she ought to have prevented them.—She felt that she had been risking her friend’s happiness on most insufficient grounds. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z One of Geisbert’s greatest happinesses in life, apart from his work, came from being in the outdoors, fishing for black bass and hunting for deer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Art, science—you seem to have paid a fairly high price for your happiness,” said the Savage, when they were alone. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she was jolted out of her happiness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “There’s no such thing as happiness. No such thing as sadness, or anger, or anything else. ” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z That the Party was the eternal guardian of the weak, a dedicated sect doing evil that good might come, sacrificing its own happiness to that of others. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For a few hours those wary anxious eyes had been filled with shining trust and happiness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z My duty will be to develop these germs: surely I shall find some happiness in discharging that office. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The two gazed into each other’s faces with great happiness. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “May she have a life full of love and happiness.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z For the present he was satisfied with this feeling of immense happiness. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I repassed, in my memory, my whole life; my quiet happiness while residing with my family in Geneva, the death of my mother, and my departure for Ingolstadt. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The same happiness, the same sadness, the same good fortune, the same faults. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A pie chart with equal slices in all areas of life for maximum happiness. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He sought, charitable in his happiness, to include them in the thing that had happened. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The poor children, not knowing the danger that was now so close to them, were full of happiness. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It’s the one we took in his bedroom where I’m wearing his glasses and he’s squinting and we’re smiling because we won some happiness before I lost him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I still walked around with my mother’s advice ringing in my ear: Make the money first and worry about your happiness later. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The happiness of one girl wouldn’t concern them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ihe War a Door Closes From your window you watch love and happiness sink like twins in quicksand when she drives away, leaving you suffocating in sleeplessness, out of breath and hope. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I thought about throwing my body into this river that had destroyed my family’s happiness. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of us had other theories, but only Miranda seemed to take Naomi’s happiness as a personal affront. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After the initial surprise and happiness from his parents at his being alive—for a week it looked as if they might actually get back together—things rapidly went back to normal. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I am happy to see her in the doorway, but that happiness feels more like resigned gratitude than pleasure. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The yeshiva team howled its happiness and raced off the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z So you can see why, on the day of the Annual Ballard Paper Mill Harvest-Time Employee Picnic, I wasn’t overcome with happiness and joy. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Anyway, leaving New London would mean leaving Wash. The thought of that punched through her every idea of happiness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, Matt would have been thrilled by Maria’s words, but the situation was too dire for happiness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had never known one moment’s happiness together. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was a set, hard, formal look to him, but a happiness in his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He expressed happiness over her plumpness, which showed promise of great beauty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We have many reasons to hope for great happiness, but...we have to earn it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Pinmei noticed that her eyes looked as if happiness had not shone in them for a long time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In the meantime, a shadow has fallen on my happiness. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Until your mind is clear and you have a choice between anger and happiness.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There was happiness in his father’s heart because of his son who was intelligent and thirsty for knowledge; he saw him growing up to be a great learned man, a priest, a prince among Brahmins. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he found happiness not just in his mind; he found it in real life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I might expire from happiness or something, because if it is him, my shiny, future self might be materializing before my eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her smile, though, is so huge, so happy, that I feel a surge of happiness for her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Caroline, distracted with happiness, seemed not to see me at all. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “The creator has given us certain inviolable rights: the right to life, the right to be free, and the right to achieve happiness.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "I am sure that under your care my heart shall blaze and burn with happiness," said the star. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Even when he is, the happiness starts to creep in and makes his legs jumpy, his eyes flicker. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I ran to the door, happiness making my heart light. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z God had said that it was only the men who could give up their jealous selves, their futile individualities of happiness and sorrow, who would die peacefully and enter the ring. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In Hardwick’s eyes, “The police, protected by their helmets, are frightened and confused by these seizures of happiness.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “He cannot enjoy his life when there are people suffering in the camps. He sees happiness as selfishness.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It didn’t come out as a question, but Clara’s sad expression melted away into happiness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Sadness, though, streaked every happiness like plaster dust. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels like it did all those years ago, when I had such a clear understanding of happiness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I need to think quick, because this little slice of happiness is part of a secret deal. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Had she found happiness, that tiny pixie of a girl with her beautiful braided hair? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He felt something die in his heart; he saw no more happiness, no goal. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sigh of pure happiness, Tendai lay back on the flat rock and let the dappled sunlight play over his face. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A feeling that I was forgetting something impinged on my too- rare happiness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was filled with a great happiness and in his dreams he saw more and more food stretching out before him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I wanted the children to have what their mothers would have wanted for them, the possibility of happiness. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is happiness the goal of a person's life?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z AH these tilings, working together with the unconscious dread of Elaine’s arrival with his son, broke his happiness without allowing him to escape. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z However humble, though, Malala’s village sounds like it was filled with happiness for many years, before the Taliban invaded. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z And the happier I got, the more the guilt spoiled my happiness. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z There were girls Hatsue’s age she knew very well who felt certain their happiness was something other, who wanted to go to Seattle or Los Angeles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My heart built a barrier that sealed off my hope, my happiness, and my very soul, just like the wall the church had built to seal off the restroom where the four girls perished. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Across the doorway a garland of mango leaves, symbol of happiness and good fortune, dry now and rattling in the breeze. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Koffi was embarrassed to realize the thing she hadn’t recognized was happiness. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My face must have mirrored my happiness at seeing him because he broke into a warm smile and said, “You look like I'm the Messiah. I must have made some impression yesterday.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It's not really happiness that makes the tears. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked so happy and I wondered about that, his capacity for happiness. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Maybe all he was really saying was: I am not responsible for your pain; share your happiness with me but not your unhappiness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the sort of happiness I had imagined in the lonely hours. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z No matter what house we're in, they always fill me with happiness. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She thought about her mother, wanting her father to be happy, even if she couldn’t be the person to provide that happiness. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I came to drop off your Christmas present. I thought your dad hated me, but when I called to see if I could come over, he sounded like he might cry from happiness.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I felt the same sorrow and happiness I felt then, even though many years had gone by. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He no longer worked the ferryboat; his eyes were becoming weak, also his arms and hands, but unchanged and radiant were the happiness and the serene well-being in his face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nelson, is that you?” he said, and we laughed with an indescribable mixture of relief, surprise, disappointment, and happiness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept calling out the same words over and over, sounding like the choir on Sunday but without no real feeling of happiness in the words. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Whether it was a cry of happiness or sadness, relief or fear, Ivy could not say, but perhaps it was all of these at once. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I could not put her hungry stare out of my head, and my happiness dwindled a little. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Clayton never liked the mushy song about the wings of love, but he could see his grandparents once had the kind of happiness that had wings. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Coach and my teammates thought I was crying tears of happiness. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Bellatrix’s face, so recently flushed with happiness, had turned an ugly, blotchy red. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Looking at the huntress, Ash felt a surge of happiness within herself, as if she were unwrapping an unexpected gift, and the realization of it sent a blush of pink across her cheeks. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The angel touched the man’s shoulder, and they were both projected far into the future. They were in an immense setting, surrounded by thousands of people speaking a strange language. “The man wept with happiness. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The carriage came to a halt. 24-06 whispered to me, “You must learn fear. I do this for your own sake. Fear is like happiness, but the smile is wider.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You could read a happiness on their faces, like they knew already that they were about to see the start of something very special,” he later recalled. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z His happiness made her own face flush in response, and Celaena set down her candle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I could practically see the happiness floating above her like a halo. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Adam Trask nosed some of his happiness into futures but there was present contentment in him too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All at once such a warmth and happiness swept over her pale face that Kit too was startled. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At such moments something resembling happiness actually stirs in your chest, but it isn’t the sort of emotion you want to lean on very hard. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I chase after the woman, swelling with happiness by the second. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “You could stay at my house,” Jamie says, and everything inside me turns to air and happiness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was sitting close enough to see the freckles on her face, but, more importantly, feel the happiness radiating off her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Finally, before he fell asleep, Molière’s words came to him, strangely comforting: Unbroken happiness is a bore; it should have ups and downs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She drew nearer, bursting with happiness to see her father, and then the man turned toward her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Her eyes moved from face to face in the kitchen, measuring the happiness that permeated their skin, their teeth, their air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Even from where I stood in the shadow of the den, I could see the intimacy between them and the happiness of new friendship. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Their mother had become old with grief, but she cried with happiness when she saw her children again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He survived there for thirty-eight years and it would be pleasing to report that he passed this span in happiness and adulation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Waves of happiness washed over him as he ran his fingers over the worn leather braid and the metal snap that allowed you to attach it to your belt loop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had been happy to see his boys, but the happiness had been short-lived. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And just to complicate matters perfecdy, I was starting to feel responsible for their safety and happiness and got panicked at the idea of them being captured or corrupted by the outside world. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And I knew right away this was a warning, because when I shouted that declaration of happiness, I almost tricked myself into thinking it might come true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When our half-sister Ella invited me to visit, it gave me the first glimpse of happiness, of hopefulness, I’ve felt since Mom went away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay back on my bed and said my prayers for the health and happiness of everyone in the family, making sure to still include Gran. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If Sticky cared, they said, he would try harder to win, since only by winning would he bring wealth and happiness to the family. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There was his mother, alight with happiness, arm in arm with his dad. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z So when it did, still icy cold, she had a moment of happiness—two inches left! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A slice of pizza could probably make me weep with happiness. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was as though happiness was the order of the day. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The man gave Luke the faintest of smiles, one that contained no happiness. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z If I only could have as strong a cause as my poor mad friend there—a good, unselfish cause to make me work—that would be indeed happiness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z After bowing three times before the red altar decorated with gold and silver Chinese symbols of peace and happiness, they inserted the incense into a yellow clay bowl filled with rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman in a black veil told them, “I see light and long-term happiness ahead for you two,” and Curt said, “So do we!” and gave her an extra ten dollars. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Even I knew enough to understand what Buddha meant when he said, "Always walk the road of happiness to prosperity." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Unexpected as always, happiness flapped through, brushing them with its soft wing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like he was basking in her happiness. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They are so caught up in their happiness that they don’t realize I’m not really a part of it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We inched up, the happiness knocked out of us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only in retrospect that they came to call plain heartsease a happiness too; and though they sometimes thought that a shame, other times they thought differently. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He always enjoyed seeing the happiness that the travelers experienced when, after weeks of yellow sand and blue sky, they first saw the green of the date palms. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled with such happiness that Prosper forgot for a moment why he had tears in his eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Oliver, who had glanced over at just that moment, said later that it looked like Mr. Beiderman was breathing happiness into his body. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Along that road there will be happiness and suffering. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She gave me that little bit of happiness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was these three huts that I associated with all my happiness, with life itself, and I rued the fact that I had not kissed each of them before I left. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know you only feel pure happiness like ten times in your whole life.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness; but it was not allowed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I had never experienced such happiness as the homecoming of my brothers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever she comes, I ask her to sing to me so we can forget the bad things that have tried to rob us of our happiness. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z If they really want to squash all the happiness out of me, it seems all they gotta do is tell me they’re disappointed in something that I did. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z And so when their wives were both with expectant happiness, they vowed, even before the babies left the womb, that should one be a girl and the other a boy, they would be married. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The granite ledges were streaked by a thousand shades of gray and silver, separated by slices of pink quartz that glowed like happiness. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Even the horses were inspired with the general happiness. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I clear my throat, and then I’m unable to contain my happiness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The heat and the warm orange light always brought Joseph back to the memory of his grandfather’s house, and it filled him with happiness. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I dash back and forth, hooting and grunting, doing a gorilla dance of happiness. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Soon her eyes snapped open as she recognized the emotion: it was happiness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “She will understand also. We just want your happiness, Dimple. That is the most important thing.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her red, red lips curved up into a smile of such beauty, such brilliance, such pure and perfect happiness that it would have frozen your blood in your veins to have seen it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But how could I even have a glimmer of happiness right now with my mother in jail for no reason? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He’d become convinced that only by following Armstrong’s interpretation of the Bible could he find health and happiness, become successful, and gain eternal life, and he urged her to read the Bible and Armstrong’s writings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to dance in the air, and his happiness made her feel as light as the clouds around her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth instantly read her feelings, and at that moment solicitude for Wickham, resentment against his enemies, and everything else, gave way before the hope of Jane’s being in the fairest way for happiness. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Her happiness was his unhappiness and that’s the unfair way it was. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Her Grandmother Clara searched her back and found the tiny star-shaped mark that distinguishes those born to true happiness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Back when my great-grandmother passed we were all at my grandmother’s house, trying to clean it up so she could come home to a house of happiness. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If they could go to God together, be would not be deserting his mistress or sacrificing her happiness to his own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Guenever, sitting in the bath and looking sightlessly upon the lioncels, had a sleepy look of secret happiness when she remembered their conversation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the most intimate songs of Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn soften raw emotion with a poetic image - rejection being portrayed as an iced-up lake, or happiness as a bird singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If there is a secret to happiness, I should have it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But the rat, in seeking forgiveness, did manage to shed some small light, some happiness into another life. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z To be honest, it never occurred to me that my mother was concerned about my happiness. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My teacher still slept, and this weighed on me and sucked the happiness out of everything. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “You travelled to seek happiness, but a fatality seems to pursue you. And poor Clerval—” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a happiness, to be so simply pleased. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Had the happiness on the boy’s face upset him so much? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Failure in any one of those essential respects can doom a marriage even if it has all the other ingredients needed for happiness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m sorry she’s seen the video—will all the happiness fly out of her? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I am torn between happiness and sadness, like something has got a hold of my heart and is pulling it in two different directions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It is about the right we all have to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z It is my hope that everyone finds their own sword to wield in a way that brings them happiness and success, and that the word “no” becomes their motivation to press forward. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I tried doing that in my head and, to my happiness, found that the imagined conversation felt almost natural. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to make what she thinks of as happiness for me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Her astonishment gave way quickly to happiness about it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Jason missed you today,” Mom says, and my happiness deflates like a balloon with the smallest tear. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If someone were to ask me today whether the story of Hassan, Sohrab, and me ends with happiness, I wouldn’t know what to say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It judges everything by the criteria of survival and reproduction, with no regard for individual suffering and happiness. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “All of a sudden, I’m just filled up with happiness. Should I sing, Granny?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I asked, wanting her to share my happiness. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There in their secret place, his feelings bubbled inside him like a stew on the back of the stove—some sad for her in her lonesomeness, but chunks of happiness, too. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Her parents stepped into the room, staging happiness. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Being here today—this is the happiest he’s seemed in a while. But back home, at school...I’d say his happiness is probably on the low side.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I have waited such a long time, Eleanor was thinking; I have finally earned my happiness. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z So I’m sailing along in my bubble of happiness, and we’re almost at number fifteen when the door opens. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long time of passive happiness, she got up and opened the window and let Tea Cake leap forth and mount to the sky on a wind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Is it any happiness or any comfort, to consider that we are our own? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “So much life but so little happiness. Perhaps the peace he never sought in life will find him in death.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Hushpuppy!” the boy exclaimed with happiness as he hugged his dog. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a little girl sitting on a swing, kicking her legs, flying back and forth, static electricity for hair, happiness for a face. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m picking up some very strong happiness signals,” said Abby, putting her fingertips to her temples. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I cannot believe it. Why should they try to influence him? They can only wish his happiness; and if he is attached to me, no other woman can secure it.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z From now on, he would make his own way, find his own route to happiness, as his father had said. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I want to see her laugh or express some kind of happiness or contentment to let me know she’s okay. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I smile at just the thought of it, feeling a wave of happiness overtake me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The poor women waited, Aethra with them, while he went to summon the assembly which would decide the misery or happiness of their dead children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For twenty-four years they were guilty, but this first year was the only one which seemed like happiness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The solution to the structure was bringing genuine happiness to Bragg. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He would call for Pax at the spot where he’d left him, and Pax would come bursting out of the woods and probably knock him down in his happiness. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Little eight-year-old me cried tears of happiness when I learned my mom was pregnant and I was going to have a little brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You have to believe you are worthy of love, of happiness. That you are worthy of your wildest dreams coming true.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The Witchlings laughed, and Seven looked at Valley and Thorn and felt so much warmth and happiness, she wanted to shout. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She was still no more than a girl, and still waiting for that plateau of happiness, that hand of a precious Lord who, when her way grew drear, would always linger near. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a long time since she’d wanted something as simple as happiness. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The roar from eleven hundred throats combined shock, disbelief, happiness, and even love. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “I understand, although I’m not sure that sounds like a very real kind of happiness,” he says. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Poppy and her mother were there—they waved at Seven as she took her place in the circle around the fountain, and Seven felt a surge of happiness. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She knew that Charles cared as much about their happiness as she did; she knew, also, that Charles was not someone who wanted to upset her or anyone else. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane’s happiness, and so dishonorable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently occurring. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z All your marriage happiness will bounce back and turn the opposite way. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He would need that moment of happiness to hold onto in the next few weeks, for a struggle was coming from which she could no longer shield him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Breathless and sweaty and not thinking about anything but the happiness of this moment. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “When the days are darkest, dear, you latch on to happiness wherever you find it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She holds out her arms to me and I feel a surge of happiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And I knew why Third Wife watched over Second Wife’s health and happiness. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z "Return to the family," Magistrate Tiger ordered, "and tell them that I want the secret of their happiness put in this box. If they do not do so, have the soldiers destroy their home." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He sounded as if at any moment he might go quite insane with happiness. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry felt a floating sensation as every thought and worry in his head was wiped gently away, leaving nothing but a vague, untraceable happiness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “O’ — o’ course, Professor,” said Hagrid, who sounded weak with happiness. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The protective mother was never far away, and she felt something like amusement at the silly conversations she overheard, and she felt something like happiness that her son had made such a good friend. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I can only hope that you find some happiness during the time we have to be apart—some happiness of some kind, Hatsue. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He pushed himself to his knees, and they hugged, both hysterical with happiness that they were alive. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And it would be so a man wouldn’t have room to store his happiness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything that I saw—the otter playing in the kelp, the rings of foam around the rocks that guarded the harbor, the gulls flying, the tides moving past the sandspit—filled me with happiness. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For dangling before her, tantalizingly, what He knew would give her the greatest happiness, then pulling it away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I wish her more happiness than can fit in a person. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z On the plane ride home that day, I made a small list on a yellow legal pad, issues and questions that we all grapple with, from happiness to aging to having children to death. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt a glow everywhere, a happiness that was like suddenly running out of the cold into a warm, bright house. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Happiness sprang up in her, and happiness always made her want to run. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt such pride and happiness every time one of my teammates saluted the judges and the audience cheered. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The little boys had caught some of their mother’s happiness. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Although there were elements of tragedy and struggle in the Fifth Symphony, he had read, it was principally music of love and happiness. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But his face was rigid and grim, not a trace left of the happiness that had just made it look so soft and open. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I felt the earth beneath my feet and wept for happiness. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the feeling that nothing will change, that happiness and prosperity are possible only somewhere else. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I said, and for a moment she looked supremely happy; though to me all happiness for her was denied by the red scar on her forehead. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We have seen nothing like it for years, nothing like it for happiness, beauty and joy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Arthur said: “Aglovale, they are here. My happiness is in your hands.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she might explode from happiness. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Let us be good neighbors and build communities where the pursuit of happiness is the purpose of life, rather than merely staying alive just so we can cower from fear.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I want to carve out a slice of happiness just for a moment so that I don’t die in this place. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She did not speak, but she looked up at him with a face made very eloquent by happiness, and a smile which said, “No one can refuse me anything today.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “No worries,” I say A quiet happiness stretches out between us. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Her voice was low and expressive, with a current of laughter and happiness under the clear surface. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She could very much use a taste of happiness at the moment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My imagination at ten years old didn’t have the capacity to grasp what had taken away the happiness of the refugees. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It may also be a way that I can pass on my happiness to you. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The effect didn’t last long, but sometimes just the illusion of happiness was enough to make her clients feel like they could face another day. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My happiness over my pile of money is cut short. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “It will be a great happiness to read them. Where did you get them?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z You really mustn't let any more foolish ideas come between yourself and the happiness you deserve.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Placing him over her door, she blew him a kiss, and as she did so, happiness welled up in her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re afraid that I might find the happiness you never had. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z During his twelve years in the community, he had never felt such simple moments of exquisite happiness. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to travel to Buenos Aires and Spain, Germany and Colombia, but then she met Christian and got pregnant and found happiness in her new world. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Keep in mind that these results reflect only a child’s early test scores, a useful but fairly narrow measurement; poor testing in early childhood isn’t necessarily a great harbinger of future earnings, creativity, or happiness. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In another, he told her, “We were together again and I held you in my arms once more—so tight. I thought I should burst with happiness and joy at being with you once again.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes his happiness was so overflowing that he couldn’t hold it and he’d cut a dance caper to spill some of it out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This vision of a happiness infinitely remote seems a thin sustenance against despair, but it was the only hope the Eddas afforded. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "It is done. I've put the secret of our happiness inside the box," he said, "and you may take it. We hope it serves our magistrate well." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z In the stories, he took slaves’ spirits on trips of happiness and joy and wonder, all while their bodies remained on the plantation and continued to work. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As I stood under the warm Brazilian sun, I reminded myself to fence from a place of happiness and gratitude. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Nat laughed, but he felt the same warm flood of happiness he had felt when Dr. Holyoke called him an astronomer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z So even though some of her family hadn’t approved that she was marrying an Italian, not someone from their British social circle, her engagement was a time of social whirlwind and happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dolores’s words wanted to be stern, but the second hug she gave her son betrayed her happiness. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “The right end of this stick is your happiness, the left end is your anger,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The little window of time you aren’t in pain can seem like happiness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I am barely able to contain my happiness. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma and Ba’s happiness burst from them like exploding firecrackers and even before she could open her eyes they had flung themselves upon her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But she doesn’t understand that people are immune to the happiness of others too, not just their pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Ophie turned to look out the window, and it was then that the last of her happiness and joy melted away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I want you to tell me a story. Tell me anger. Tell me sorrow. Tell me happiness. Just tell me something that matters to you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “A whole new world, a whole new beginning, all these plans of peace and happiness.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I gave them happiness, but I was not so self-serving as to let them forgive me. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Though I lost, I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness, relief, and pride that I was able to push through one of the most mentally and physically challenging days of my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Maybe I was thrilled that after two months, Otto was finally getting better, and my happiness lapped over to Congo itself. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a line about asking your mother where happiness was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Scotts came to the Brookes’ now, and everyone found the little house a cheerful place, full of happiness, content, and family love. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z This rush of love and companionship and friendship and happiness? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Rontu,” I said, feeling giddy with happiness, “if you were not a male dog I would make you one too, as beautiful as this.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When we said that men are ‘endowed with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ we did not pause to define ‘happiness.’ Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the peonies seemed to be exploding with happiness, their vibrant colors radiating in the sun. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was no wonder that my heart was bursting with happiness. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Perfect happiness is: gripping the bottom of a rolling chair with both hands, while Cal Price pushes me down the hall in a full-on run. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Either from the agony of waiting as Tats meanders through her story, the agony of finding out that it had something to do with Farooq, or the agony of carrying around so much potential happiness. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It made her hopeful that they’d be able to find happiness no matter what their fate. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Thomas felt an impossible happiness trying to break through inside him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Every success, every achievement, every victory, every scientific discovery, all knowledge, all wisdom, all happiness, all virtue, are held to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Yes—yes—a boy,” said Lupin again, who seemed dazed by his own happiness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At that moment I'm sure no boy in the world could have been happier than I. Tears of happiness rolled down my cheeks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Right now Mr. Ram’s face is glowing with the happiness of the handshake. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The Year of the Boar would bring travel, adventure and double happiness. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He, for his part, went with a kind of happiness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “And post your message to your parents,” I said, feeling a frail wave of happiness cut through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Nothing, beta. You’re growing up. Hina was right. You are a wonderful young woman. May God grant you a long life and every happiness.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I thought of the youthful almost hysterical excitement and conceit with which I had gone into this marriage, imagining I would bring happiness to Maxim, who had known much greater happiness before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “You want to make everyone happy. Even if it’s sometimes at the expense of your own happiness.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He barely met her eyes when he spoke, but there was a blooming happiness in his voice that belied how pleased he was at her compliments. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When we pulled into the driveway, I got out and slammed the door, and I could feel his happiness shattering. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stood and hugged my sister with genuine happiness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She thought of what was growing there, and happiness rushed in like a gust of wind blowing a door wide open. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I knew I was happy only because I’d been ordered to be, but the happiness was absolute. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I think and think and think, I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As soon as a dollop hit your tongue, your entire body melted into happiness. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “And that,” put in the Director sententiously, “that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you’ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z At least they could share this pocket of happiness before they met their fate. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Do you think,” asked Arthur, “that feuds are good things? An they making for happiness in your two families?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was born a long time ago and is convinced that marriage is a woman's only real shot at happiness. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Montaigne found no happiness in his new life, and so he turned to writing as a form of therapy, a way of keeping himself company. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I’d found friends, happiness, and something she could never have with the revolution . . . freedom. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z But he still has life and time to fill it with more happiness. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “He will have every body’s wishes for his happiness.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Warmth,” Jonas replied, “and happiness. And—let me think. Family. That it was a celebration of some sort, a holiday. And something else—I can’t quite get the word for it.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And I'm too full of happiness to be embarrassed that I made them do this. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Oh, who knows, perhaps it won’t be long before I can share this overwhelming feeling of happiness with someone who feels the same as I do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was a day of happiness and celebration. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I also discovered an inner happiness underneath my superficial and cheerful exterior. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I was just as surprised as he sounded, but my surprise was mixed with happiness and relief. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “You have to go after your happiness. Don’t let anyone talk you out of it.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She practically lost her mind with happiness when the student council meeting got a decent turnout. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I want you to be happy, I want that more than I want happiness for myself, does that sound simple? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As her happiness grows, so does her willingness to try new things. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If that other fellow doesn’t know his happiness, well, he’d better look for it soon, or he’ll have to deal with me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was the ghost’s beloved face, matronly and broad, with her round red “happiness cheeks,” but there was nothing happy to be found in her affect, as flat as all the ghosts in Minya’s army. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, but I don’t understand how a person can say they hate nature. It’s like saying you hate happiness or laughter. Or fun. I don’t get how someone could be so freaking vapid.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I get this rush of happiness, this flood of relief. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The holiday season is supposed to be a time of happiness that you can spend with your family, but this year turned out to be tragic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I should have felt some relief, some happiness—the iron monsters were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And I’m filled with fear and happiness and questions. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He wrote to his brother-in-law Jos that the marriage gave him great happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z What is the reason for this feeling of happiness? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z For particulars, as every one knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her first reaction was of anger, shocked at the risk I took, but over the following days her posture improved and her voice carried a lilt of happiness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They talked, they bathed, they ate, they kissed, they lay in a trance of happiness murmuring words whose sound was as confused as their sense, and they felt they were melting with love. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The only hint of happiness I got was when I heard Pa shouting at John Worth for doing something city dumb again. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Just that one moment, that split second of happiness, felt like a betrayal of Mom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Blacks wanted life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—whatever that meant to each person individually. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Whatever happened afterward, whatever success, or failure, or happiness, or horror, it could not be forgotten. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This storm might well be like others past that had caused them to suffer, had killed even—or perhaps it might dwindle beneath tonight’s stars and give their children snowbound happiness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I never had one hour’s happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Friday was also boring, except that it was Friday, which meant it was almost Saturday, which meant I was that much closer to the lock, which was happiness. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The librarian said, “Oh, yes, and I must tell you, she was radiating happiness.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He looks like he might explode with happiness. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A brief flare of happiness went off inside her and hung, raining sparks, until Lefty disappeared around the front of the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I broke out with happiness because life seemed headed back to normal. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I rested in this peace and called it happiness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We made it, Grandfather,” little Willy said, as tears of happiness rolled down his cheeks. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t believe it, can’t believe we are brought to this, that the greatest happiness I have ever known—my life with him—was an illusion. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ah, well, I’ve waited a long time without hope of happiness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The chaplain almost wept with happiness when he realized the colonel was not going to holler at him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It seemed to her that in her external bearing she had succeeded only in deceiving Mrs. Shigemura; inwardly she knew her aspiration for worldly happiness was frighteningly irresistible. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And suddenly I felt the disappointment ebbing away and being replaced by a real happiness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like I could remember happiness, but also couldn’t remember it, all at the same time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But it’s about as close to happiness as I think I can currently get. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Because he understood that it was nearly impossible for me to put my own happiness first. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He can reveal the nugget of sorrow that happiness contains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi closed her eyes and let happiness roll through her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Amari wondered if this long and arduous journey would bring her the happiness she dreamed of. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There is this little glow of happiness I feel at her words, and I find myself smiling at my mom. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Use the monopoly of force to promote happiness, by maintaining public order and curbing violence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She worried about the big subject that was in the way of their happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Going down to the Collaborative Classroom, I was afraid that our whole class would act as the invasive species, sucking up all the happiness with our sour attitudes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Wickham’s happiness and her own were perforce delayed a little longer, and Mr. Collins’s proposal accepted with as good a grace as she could. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Aunt Jessie loved hearing about George; she could tell he was brilliant and told Emma that if he could find work he loved when he grew up, he would find happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I waved him off, trying to quiet the small, ridiculous buzz of happiness in my chest that came with his words. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His love, she told him, “makes the happiness of my life more & more every day’ Charles read the letter and cried. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "But Ambrosia is the right favorite for the current royal family," she says, and the momentary happiness disappears like a popped bubble. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But not even her happiness could chase the sadness from Prosper's face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your happiness. Your future. Your life. I want you to be happy,” I said, “and I’m only making your life worse.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But he knew that this happiness would not last. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel the scream of happiness waiting in my belly. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The simple statement, unbacked by any proof but the weight of Ralph's new authority, brought light and happiness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Toby felt the oddest sensation then, as though every emotion he’d ever had—happiness, sadness, worry, surprise—was colliding inside his body, battling to see which one of them might win. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I can almost imagine a happiness without her, the ability to let her go, to feel our roots are connected even if I never see that leaf of grass again. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They are not willing to accept, to adjust, to settle for something less than their ideal of happiness. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They might or might not have counted themselves happy, though; happiness as they conceived it then was a thing attained, a grand state, involving a fiefdom to survey from the plump comfort of their dotage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, I knew I didn’t deserve happiness. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Six weeks ago, at the American consul’s, in Paris, a very quiet wedding of course, for even in our happiness we didn’t forget dear little Beth.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I knew my mother had liked almond cake with honey and hot tea, that she’d once used the word “profoundly,” that she’d fretted about her happiness. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Without the Vanderbeeker family, there would be a decline in happiness & quality of life in Harlem. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “As you say, no one could’ve. But I have to confess, I'm glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Prosper got dizzy trying to follow Scipio with his eyes, He heard him laugh out loud, and then suddenly he too felt a strange surge of happiness spread through him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When you’re through, The dog will lick Your palms for the flakes Of oil and salt, And he will wag His tail And pump his legs In his parade Of dog happiness. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After what seemed hours, Papa announced to their intense relief and happiness that it was time to eat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One story says that she and Lynceus came together again and lived at last in happiness, and that their son was Abas, the great-grandfather of Perseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t trouble it, don’t harass them, don’t deprive them of their happiness, don’t work against God’s intent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They worked all day, and all day he was filled with an intense, absorbing happiness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very angry, but not so angry that I would ruin Chandra’s happiness. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I tear off the blindfold and watch the last bits of confetti pour out of the paper heart and fill the air with happiness. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The manager, a chortling woman full of a seemingly uncontrollable happiness, told her, “Great! Wonderful to talk to you! You'll hear from me soon!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jinjoo looked at a yellow rectangular one and squealed in happiness. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Clearly, he did not consider the Cherokee to have those rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness on their own homelands. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “There’s going to be peace, Inshallah, and happiness and calm. No more rockets, no more killing, no more funerals!” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet she seemed cheerful as ever they’d seen her, her bruised, black eyes shining with happiness and her bloody lips spread in a terrific grin. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A rush of surprise heats my face, and my heart fills with happiness. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As time went on his smile began to resemble the ferryman’s, was almost equally radiant, almost equally full of happiness, equally lighting up through a thousand little wrinkles, equally childish, equally senile. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no doubt of Harriet’s happiness with any good-tempered man; but with him, and in the home he offered, there would be the hope of more, of security, stability, and improvement. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I used to look at those women and envy them their happiness. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His happiness, it turned out, was because he had killed seven mice and was feeling very proud—not to say pumped up and gladiatorial. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z How do we laugh and feel happiness despite the buried things growing inside? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “If you’re asking me,” she said, “I say make the money first and worry about your happiness later.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And that happiness could be found in a grain of sand from the desert, as the alchemist had said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At villages where we managed to find some happiness by being treated to food or fresh water, I knew that it was temporary and that we were only passing through. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Helping people deal with suffering was a large part of most religions, I ventured, and suggested that none of them promised complete happiness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one,” it repeated until it sounded like the ringing of a temple bell signaling something sacred, some great happiness, a moment freed from attachment. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Tossing her head in wolf happiness, she crawled out of her tent on all fours and nudged him under the chin. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I told him what Reb Saunders had said to me after Havdalah and what Danny and I had talked about on his way home, and he smiled proudly and nodded to indicate his happiness. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There is love in this marriage, and her eyes sparkle with happiness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z We have many reasons to hope for great happiness, but we have to earn it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I fear I shall not make the time for that, but I wish the friend much success, and you all happiness. Gott bless you!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a Talent for churning happiness into her peanut butter that made his mother’s results so stupendous. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Because I never could count on another chance at happiness. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a time when happiness was allowed to spill over, to inundate all rooms, to rule all faces, and to reign unmolested in the turbulent kingdom of the fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were happy, filled to the brim with happiness. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time at Duke, I prioritized my personal happiness. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They reached the shores of the camp, and there, amid the general happiness at seeing one another, the grown-ups learned the rice was indeed sparse that year. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z On this unexpected, casual holiday he felt happy, as he always had on holidays; but with a deeper happiness than ever before. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But in the evenings the suppressed longing of the entire day, the happiness and the bliss of all the times before come rushing to the surface, and all we can think about is each other. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We inched up, the happiness knocked out of us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He was no less stubborn now, no less determined to have his own way—but what had happened to that happiness? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to let the secondhand music and the distant blazing suns and the far-off happiness fill me, but it is not enough. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This laughter was like a volcano of happiness erupting in me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not the sort of happiness that can endure, that can sustain you.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes another Bite of apple, And out of happiness Bites the apples In his biceps, tenderly Of course. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps even that I have some genuine happiness at our engagement. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There were no words for happiness, for freedom, for liking, nor were there any words for their opposites. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your music. I watch your face when you play. There's something there. It's not happiness, exactly. It's...joy. Pain too. But joy." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Bliss meant happiness, but here Aru was, not knowing who she was, where she was, or what she was supposed to do next. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s not hair dye being sold in these bottles, it’s happiness. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Ocean and I had two and a half months of perfect happiness before my dad broke the news, in the beginning of May, that we’d be leaving town as soon as Navid graduated. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I said, and to my surprise the rest of the girls on the bed sat up and hollered with happiness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The potent, strong fragrance of happiness still bloomed in him, the sense of being—for the first time in his dull life—useful. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I want to laugh from pure happiness, but I bite my lip and offer the boy my hand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, if this were one of those Hallmark movies, one of them would then say, “Izzy’s happiness comes first,” then they’d all wait till I was grown and gone before they all got hitched. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z For once, I feel unfettered happiness for her without a touch of envy. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Everyone was smiling ear to ear, with my mom crying tears of happiness and my nephew trying to squeeze his narrow limbs through the bars to reach me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I guess a little happiness is too much to ask of my only daughter.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z My day began with tears of happiness after receiving the Spirit of Anne Frank Award, and ended with tears of sadness after watching the play of The Diary of Anne Frank on Broadway. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I will never begrudge him happiness—I only wish it could be with me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And people found happiness in the future according to their present lack. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And when she looked through her spyglass and saw the relentless outward drift of the sraf, the shadow particles, it seemed to her as if happiness and life and hope were drifting away with them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Such was my sentence, and on that night would the dæmon employ every art to destroy me and tear me from the glimpse of happiness which promised partly to console my sufferings. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucy’s body never stood in the way of her happiness. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My mother did not say anything more about the house, or my new family, or my happiness. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sumac bobbed his head and squawked his general happiness, then fluttered to the ground and began eating the food from my dish. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “It smells incredible,” I say, wanting her happiness back, needing it and hating it at the same time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “If I could but have ... firm faith that he has only passed from the visible to the invisible world, and already lives and is waiting for me, oh what happiness that would be.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z About going to a wonderful place called ‘heaven’ where there is no more pain or death and you live forever in a state of perpetual happiness? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I’m very pleased tub has made your happiness.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Except this happiness is a real thing everyone can see. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z No one on the mainland had ever invited me to talk about home before, and the longer I talked, the more I wanted to talk, churning with happiness and homesickness at the same time. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He has brought happiness to her daughter, in a way Moushumi had never brought it to her son. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Stella put her finger to her lips, trying to shush the twins, but people in the audience simply chuckled, and Mrs. Spencer waved back, happiness splashed across her face. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But happiness in marriage, as Austens heroine Elizabeth Bennet knows, is not only a matter of chance. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled fresh and loamy, and in the clean light of morning, I felt something like happiness, or at least hope. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He landed lightly and threw his head back and barked his happiness. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “But watching those two — don’t you envy them their happiness, Kit?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I rather hope to satisfy you both,” said Emma, “for I shall do all in my power to make them happy, which will be enough for Isabella; and happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I have a God-given, American right to avoid homework if that helps me in the pursuit of happiness. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “My Jo, you may say anything to your mother, for it is my greatest happiness and pride to feel that my girls confide in me and know how much I love them.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The truck bounced down the road toward Makeni, and I bounced with it as I wrapped myself in my grass mat and continued to cry for the loss of all my happiness. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in my happiness my thoughts sometimes wandered to Sass. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It faked happiness, faked welcome, but it did not make her feel generous, this juke joint, barrel hooch, tonk house, music. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Judith would have flared, but her new happiness was hard to shake. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I loved Twig for that, for her infectious happiness. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He remembered the first stream of words entering his mind, remembered dutifully repeating them, his mind relaxing into a feeling of marvelous happiness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Lyra saw through half-closed eyes, and felt a sleepy thrill of perfect happiness, to be speeding north under the Aurora. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It reminded me to be thankful for every moment in my journey, including the obstacles, that had led me to this place where I could find happiness and purpose. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly, a shiver of happiness and excitement ran down through Omakayas so strongly she feared she might cry out and wake everyone. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z My mother, sister, brothers, and I embraced him, but our happiness lasted only a moment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But now I understand the gravity of what I was proposing— that a four-year-old child be watchful, prudent, and shrewd, that I curtail your happiness, that you submit to a loss of time. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But here, there isn’t even a slice of happiness big enough to fill up all these empty houses, and broken buildings, and wide roads that lead to nowhere and everywhere. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe now that the horn was gone, Achelous would be able to fill up with some happiness and keep it for himself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But more than once they glanced at each other, and each was surprised by the pool of happiness that spread through herself even as she trudged through the falling temperatures and growing dusk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the beginning, she’d been a bit of baggage from Estella’s first marriage, a shadow at the edges of his happiness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I quickly realized that what pleased my father the most was my happiness. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It felt different from happiness, but Ivy wasn’t quite sure why or how. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And Lizzie—Lizzie Bright was smiling the kind of smile that showed that happiness had settled in somewhere deep and was glad to be there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Twenty thousand pounds shared equally would be five thousand each, justice—enough and to spare: justice would be done,—mutual happiness secured. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Everything about the space breathed life and happiness and beauty. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was the strangest thing, how happiness came out of nowhere and inflated your soul. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z People began to sing: “Hallelujah for the Lord in heavens We will applaud you We will celebrate you We will dance for you—” Suddenly, Djo, my new happiness left. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Did I have that kind of happiness inside me? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And I wanted to be able to do that, to rely on myself for my own happiness. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “But,” said the Prime Minister, with a sense of dawning horror, “didn’t you tell me they’re the creatures that drain hope and happiness out of people?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Travis sat down, and I thought he might pop with happiness. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z As he dashes from house to house, ringing doorbells, his happiness reminds me of a bubbling pot of delicious lemon curd, cooking on the stovetop. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But it was a sigh of joy, a sound of happiness that floated like a butterfly in the air. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z For a second, an irrepressible happiness flooded me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Despite all of his worries, and he had plenty, Gregor couldn’t deny a feeling of giddy happiness that shot through him periodically. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem fair to promise Midge happiness only to keep taking it away. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She understood the happiness of a place where the work was clear and there were fields she could enter into with a man she loved purposefully. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But the happiness of having a job did not keep another worry from rising to plague me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the wife of Mr. Darcy must have such extraordinary sources of happiness necessarily attached to her situation, that she could, upon the whole, have no cause to repine.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z As they rose up in the air, Gregor felt like he would burst from excitement and happiness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For now, I want to revel in the happiness that fizzes inside me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He looked at me, his mouth open, and I saw in his eyes a curious mixture of happiness and pain that dissolved into fear. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z No more dragon — Malfoy in detention — what could spoil their happiness? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The thought of walking there with him— and then back to school, where Mr. Partridge had promised everyone pizza later—filled her with a new kind of happiness. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Seven years ago we all went through the flames; and the happiness of some of us since then is, we think, well worth the pain we endured. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I looked around the room at all the different faces, and I felt my heart swell up inside me with pure happiness. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As I watched Chandra and her bridegroom leave for his home, I felt my last bit of happiness disappearing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was no longer in Emma’s power to superintend his happiness or quicken his measures. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z If you, just look for it, you discover more and more happiness and regain your balance. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When the time comes around, I walk to the Grounds with the Doorman, who has picked up on my recent happiness, despite the mess I appear to be. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Right now', Chino, all I’m askin’ is for you to help me find some sort of happiness. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Emma’s spirits were mounted quite up to happiness; every thing wore a different air; James and his horses seemed not half so sluggish as before. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He started crying—not out of happiness, I could tell, but not out of sadness, either. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And many of these patients were well-off from rich families, so their wealth did not buy them happiness or contentment. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I now tried out a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This feels right, he thought, and he gripped that hand with purpose, with happiness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The sausage would be sweet and sharp and pungent with spices, and my coffee a wine-dark happiness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She would fall asleep snoring against Dismay, who would thump his long black tail with happiness. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead he tried to recapture the feelings he'd had the night before—the inexplicable feeling of happiness, the sense of destiny. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Their shiftier shapes might have held a message that in my new happiness and with a little bit of time I’d soon decipher. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course,” Dragon said to her, grinning with happiness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “When you first hear that someone’s married, it’s polite to wish them happiness. Write it down.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask, thinking of my father, who in seeking my safety would have sacrificed my happiness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “My poor dear Harriet! and have you actually found happiness in treasuring up these things?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z And I didn’t, although Mother would probably faint with happiness when she heard. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I’m not sure, with a grandmother like mine, if you can ever become a true American in the sense of believing that life is about the pursuit of happiness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For Matter hath no life nor perception, is not conscious of its own existence, nor capable of happiness, nor gives the Sacrifice of Praise and Worship to the Author of its Being. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z |
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